I've had melanoma now 4 times. Always in the same place. Stage 3c. This time it spread to my breast tissue. I had a 4 cm tumor in my axilla chest wall area and over 20 tumors in my breast. 8 of them were positive for melanoma. I had a mastectomy of the left beast and a wide excision for the 4th time. Just wondering if anyone else has had a mastectomy because of melanoma.
I have stage 3c amelanotic nodular melanoma for tge 4th time in 10 years it metastasis to my adjacent breast. I had a mastectomy and lumpectomy on 5/12. Over the past couple months I've been dealing with these horrible stomach attacks that I've been to tge er for 5 times and I patient once right before mastectomy. First was told gastritis then mild pancreatitis then full blown pancreatitis now it's been discovered that it's actually gallstones and I need my gall bladder removed and an mri because there is some type of cystic area on my pancreas! I'm so over all of this in can't eat anything but mashed potatoes and lipton noodle soup and jello. I'm on toradol and percocet just in case I have another attack I see a surgeon on Monday and I had to take pain meds to avoid the er again tonight. I'm afraid of having it out I've heard horror stories but st the same time both my sister and her husband live completely normal lives without theirs. I still have drains in from the mastectomy and am not even healed from that. I see my plastic surgeon on Monday afternoon hopefully the drains can come out but on Monday morning I see the general surgeon to talk about and possibly schedule that surgery. I'm not even healed from the first one now I have a whole new problem and I just wantvso had to be healthy it's so depressing .